14/01/1950 The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight

Randy Ball MIG-17 Demo- 2014 MCAS Cherry Point Airshow

Evening Aftertburner MiG 17 at Oshkosh

It was a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants. It is an advanced development of the very similar appearing MiG-15 of the Korean War. It proved to be effective against the more modern supersonic fighters of the United States in the Vietnam War.